On November 13, Vice-President for Professional Responsibilities of the AIA Sebastian Heath attended the public hearing in Washington DC to review Italy's request that the bilateral agreement with the US to restrict importation of antiquities be renewed. His account of the hearing has just been posted on AIA's web site.
Such hearings [as well as bilateral agreements, or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC), Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) and the 1970 UNESCO Convention] have been the subject of much discussion and debate on SAFECORNER. Our organization SAFE advocates for import restrictions as an effective deterrent to looting; a detailed report of the China hearing can be found here.
Thank you, Dr. Heath, for sharing your insights.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Sebastian Heath's account of CPAC Meeting
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For an alternate view, please see:
http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2009/12/differing-perceptions-of-italys-premier.html
Sincerely,
Peter Tompa
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